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A sedentary lifestyle has always been blamed for the reason behind lifestyle related disorders like heart diseases and diabetes. Of course the age old advise that had been rolled out to counter them is diet control and exercise. While it is difficult to always tread the tough path of diet and exercise, following an interesting exercise pattern can help gain a fitter body offering resistance to such disorders and conditions. Don’t think too much for new fitness ideas, just hit the playground or you nearby park and kick the football. Yes recent studies show that a game of soccer can do you great deal of good.
Notwithstanding the World Cup season, playing football can help counter type 2 diabetes and keep your heart in good shape. Football training produces significant changes in body composition and glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes patients, according to a study carried out at University of Copenhagen in Denmark.
It also effectively lowers blood pressure in men with high blood pressure. The study showed that 24 weeks of twice-weekly recreational football training sessions lowered blood pressure and improved heart function in men with high blood pressure and men with type 2 diabetes.
Furthermore, men with type 2 diabetes lost 12 percent of their abdominal fat and reduced their blood sugar 20 percent more than inactive control subjects. ‘We found that football training in men with type 2 diabetes significantly reduced abdominal fat and improved glycaemic control, which is essential for managing diabetes and preventing diabetic complications,’ said Jens Bangsbo, professor at the University of Copenhagen who led the project. Also know how diabetes can cause kidney failure.
These effects are likely to reduce the risk of developing heart diseases including heart failure and myocardial infarction.
The participants had a reduced need for anti-diabetic and anti-hypertensive medication on completion of the studies. The projects investigated the effects of football training in 21 men with type 2 diabetes and 32 men with high blood pressure aged between 30 and 60 years with focus on metabolic and cardiovascular changes.
The study was published in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science.
A little knowledge about diabetes
Diabetes is a life long disease that is characterised by increased levels of sugar in the blood. It is either caused due to lack of insulin (a protein that regulates blood glucose levels) or due to lack of response to insulinproduced by the body. Diabetes caused by lack of insulin is called type 1 diabetes. It develops due to fault in the genes that make insulin and is seen in young adults and teenagers. Diabetes caused by failure of response to insulin is called type 2 diabetes. It is more common type of diabetes and is found in adults. It is caused mainly due to lifestyle factors.
A little knowledge on heart diseases
Heart disease is not a single disorder or condition. It refers to a group of diseases or problems in which the heart or the vessels supplying blood to the heart are damaged and are not able to function in a normal way. For several years, it was believed that heart diseases occur in older people. But now-a-days, heart diseases are quite common in young adults, mainly because of sedentary lifestyle and poor eating habits. Heart diseases take years to progress and may begin to develop at a very young age. However, most people do not show any symptoms of heart diseases before they reach their 50s or 60s.
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Football can help lower the risk of diabetes and heart disease
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